I checked some websites and as far as I can tell, both Lucas’ and Lucas’s are correct. Still, neither of them look right to me. I mean, if I base the spelling purely on how it’s pronounced, it clearly should be Lucas’s. When I say the word out loud, I definitely pronounce the second S. But it really doesn’t look right to me.

It’s like when you say a word over and over until the actual word doesn’t sound like a word anymore. Ironically, that works best with the word “word.”

I’m a writer, so obviously I love words and the English language, but sometimes it’s just inconsistent and frustrating.

Okay, back to Star Wars!

You know, the Hutt language in Star Wars isn’t much better. Take “bantha poodoo,” for instance. Sometimes, when they say “poodoo,” it obviously means “fodder.” When Jabba tells Han he’s “Bantha poodoo,” the subtitle even says “fodder.” But other times, it seems to be a synonym for “crap.” In Episode One, when Sebulba loses the pod race, he screams, “POODOO!” Clearly, he’s cursing.

Oh well. Whatcha gonna do. Language is a bizarre thing. It’s really a wonder we can communicate at all, especially with all the LOLs, ROFLs, AFAIKs, and UTFLMTLKSBSs that came along with the internet age.